en In the medina Medina of Essaouira, in the heart of the old kasbah to see the traces of the past, is the synagogue Simon attias. There was a couple of synagogues, but a part of the largest and oldest of these synagogues. E 'was built in the 19th century by a merchant in the city, called Simon attias. The synagogue has a total area of approximately 500m ², with a central court of nearly 40m ². E 'was built on 3 levels.